Plant-protector.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

I. A. BYRNE. PLANT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1a, 1908.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFroE.

JOHN A. BYRNE, OF RED SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA.

PLANT-PROTE CTOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BYRNE, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing 'at Red Springs, in the county of Robeson and State of NorthCarolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plant-Protectors,of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to devices for protecting plants against frost andthe weather; and it has for its object to provide an exceedingly cheapplant protector, and one which may be expeditiously and easily securedin proper position relative to a plant when there is danger of frost,and which may be as readily removed when the weather moderates and it isdesired to expose the whole plant to the sun.

The invention will be fully understood from the following descriptionand claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings,accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

F'gure 1 is aperspective view illustrating the plant protectorconstituting the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I amaware .as secured in and above the ground. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection taken in the plane indicated by the line 22 of Fig. 1, lookingdownward. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the cap piece of the protector as saidcap piece appears precedent to the bending of the radial arms thereof.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which:

A is the frame of my novel plant protector.

B is the plant-surrounding casing of the protector, and G is the cappiece.

The frame A is preferably made of wire, though it may be made of wood orany other material consonant with the purpose of the invention. It isshown in Figs. 1 and 2, and it will be noted that it comprises a topring (1., substantially upright rods 1), and a base bar c which isfixedly connected to the uprights b at about the distance illustratedabove the lower ends thereof and terminates at its ends Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed May 13, 1908.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Serial No. 432,678.

The casing B is formed of a readily procurable and cheap material, suchfor instance as pasteboard which is the preferred material. The saidcasing is formed by bending the piece of pasteboard into circular formand apping the end portions a thereof and connecting the said endportions by a paper fastener e, or other suitable means; and it isprovided, by preference, with an opening f, and is also provided atopposite sides of the lower end of the said opening with recesses orrabbets g, these latter to enable the hooks d of the frame bar 0 to holdand at the same time support the casing.

As will be understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 3, the cap piece Cwhich is preferably of pasteboard, is in one piece and is provided witha central opening 72, for the free circulation of air, and with radialarms "6 which latter are bent downward at the outer side of the casing Band are preferably interposed between the said casing and the top ring aand uprights b of the frame A. Thus it will be manifest that whenoccasion demands the cap piece C may be quickly and easily lifted fromthe remainder of the protector, and yet there is no liability of the cappiece being displaced by the wind while the protector is in use.

In the practical use of my novel protector, the same is placed over theplant to be protected and is pressed downward so as to embed the lowerportions of the frame uprights b in the ground, and when the device isthus secured in position it will be manifest that it will not onlyprotect a plant against frost and cold rain and snow, but will supportthe plant and lessen the liability of the same being blown over orbeaten to the ground. It will also be manifest that when desirable thecap piece 0 may be removed from the remainder of the protector, and thatthe pro- 1 tector as a whole may be readily lifted from the ground andfrom about the plant.

l/Vhen during the use of the protector the pasteboard casing B and cappiece 0 are deteriorated and rendered useless by exposure, the saidparts may be quickly and easily removed from the frame and as readilyreplaced with new corresponding parts.

The casing B is provided with the openingf for the admission of sunlightand air, and when the protector is placed in position about a plant thesaid opening f is arranged toward the south or else is arranged at theopposite side of the protector, with reference to the quarter from whichthe wind is blow- It will be gathered from the foregoing that my noveldevice is adapted to afford adequate protection to growing plants, andis adapted to be quickly and easily placed in position and as readilyremoved when occasion demands; also, that the protector is exceedinglycheap, and consequently a large number may be produced with but littleoutlay.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, 1s:

1. A plant protector comprising a frame having a top ring, a base barterminating in hooks, and uprights extending between and connected tothe top ring and base bar and also extending below said base bar, acasing arranged within the frame and formed of a piece of materialhaving lapped and connect ed ends and also having recessed portions heldin and supported by the hooks of the said base bar, and a cap piecearranged on the casing and having depending arms interposed between theouter side of the casing and the upper portion of the frame.

2. A plant protector comprising a frame adapted to be embedded in theground, a casing for surrounding a plant, arranged in and supported bythe said frame and open at its upper end, and a top piece removablyarranged on the casing and having depending arms interposed and heldbetween the casing and the upper portion of the frame.

3. A plant protector comprising a frame having a top ring, a base barterminating in its lower end and at opposite sides of said opening,whereby it is he (1 and supported by the hooks of the frame bar, and anapertured cap piece removably arranged on the casing and havingdepending arms interposed between the casing and the top ringanduprights of the frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. BYRNE. Witnesses:

W. F. BUIL,

J. D. OALLAHAN.

